averagewhiteboy

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Hey guys,

I was wondering yesterday, after driving a 2002-style 3-Series, if anyone was running the wood-grain dash trim kit that came on the first few years LTZ model.. You can still buy it through GM.. And I don't mean on a tan interior car.. I'm talking black SS interior.. You know, to be different.. lol I noticed this because the 3-Series can be had in gloss black, silver, or wood.. Like many of us do with the black or some other color.. Just seeing and doing a pic request if so.. lol Considering..

Thanks!

C-Romeo

Wood grain seems like an old mans car imo

averagewhiteboy

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I don't give a damn what your opinion is, frankly. lol

I simply asked for pictures.

I have wood in my Olds. Tough ****. lol

TommyP

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I doubt anyone is running it. The LTZs are hard to find to begin with and the dash in those was never made in black. I doubt anyone else here would swap for wood grain dash trim, so you would probably be the first. Might look good, time for a photoshop methinks.

averagewhiteboy

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Indeedy. That's what I figured.. I mean, it may look dumb - who knows? But I think it'd be worth looking into..

TommyP

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I think it'd look good, judging by this pic of a cts

averagewhiteboy

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Exactly..

StevoElSupremo

mabey in an actually expensive car haha!

but I know you dont give a damn about opinions haha! :P

Zach06CobaltSC

Here's a rough rough idea of what it would look like on tan interior obviously.

http://www.crateenginedepot.com/stor...P3905C396.aspx

I dunno if it would look good or not with black interior.

exiged

Because they're usually the only ones who can afford said cars!!!

Gestapo007

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OP do it, be a baller. Just make it look good. black everything out, get some gauge pods and ****. maybe get some fuzzy dice. Rock that ****

trey ss

custom air brushed wood grain would look way better imo.. and like get it down by the door handel if u can smooth out all the bumpy plastic **** 1st of course

averagewhiteboy

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See, right now I already have everything blacked out. I have the all black interior, double-din screen, black ac controls, black s/c gauges, black afr gauge in pillar, black a and c pillars, gloss black dash trim, gloss black shift knob trim, gloss black shifter area trim, etc.. So essentially I'd have all that bit just with the wood dash pieces.. I think it'd look pretty decent.. Especially for being the only one to do it..

I have wood all over my Olds and I like it.. haha

I thought it'd look really dope to get either the Burberry pattern air-brushed on the trim or to get the Louis Vuitton pattern on it.. I like the semi-tacky but baller ****.. Hence my intake being white, my strut bar being purple, and the valve cover to be metallic teal.. lol

ChriSS/SC

OP.. Don't do it...

You're getting negative feedback because it's a horrrrrrrrible idea.. NOT in a cobalt..

averagewhiteboy

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Man, no wonder noone ever does anything different in these cars.. They get flamed if they even consider it.. What ever happened to difference of opinions and new ideas? Hmm.. Not on .NET! 95% of you people don't even know what my car looks like, so how can you judge?

cmatthewb101

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I say do it. If you think youll like it. Then take pics for use to see and judge then!

Khase

^^what he said. Be your own man, don't let others change your mind when you want to do something different.

Gestapo007

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dude, look at his Avatar, does Flamer come to mind? dont listen to him
Do the woodgrain, if your blacked out with nice gauges and **** itll look dope. Unless....

you wanna look like everyone else!!!!


You could do what i did with my valve cover, and do a woodgrain effect on your dash pieces but instead of it being brown it can be whatever the **** color you want and have a cool look

cmatthewb101

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I've been wondering why it looked like that. Now it makes sense.

Gestapo007

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^What you mean my valve cover? Its the magic of Saran Wrap and paint. Gives paint a cool effect and gives ya something different if you dont want one solid color. The different ways you use the saran wrap brings it from woodgrain, to a more random marble look. Scrunching it up and blotting is marble, while laying it smooth and flat over the paint and lifting will leave longer patterns that look like wood

exiged

That. Is awesome. I've never heard of or thought of that before. How many different colors and / or shades did you use on that? Oh and x2. on flamer avatar

Gestapo007

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well its better if you use real paint and a spray gun, never done it with spraybomb but its do-able im sure. Spray a base color, like black, let it dry. Then spray your next color (lets say we want wood) which is brown, put 1 heavy ass coat on it, take saran wrap and stretch it tight and lay it over the surface. then lift it off, give it some dry time, then (if i was using a real paint gun and clear etc.) I would spray a brown candy over it in clearcoat, or just some brown basecoat mixed in clearcoat.

For spraybomb you gotta try different things since you can only use clear over the top and cant mix anything. But give it a shot in your garage one day. take a pice of wood or metal and just see how it comes out

ChriSS/SC

damn look at all you **** jerkin' it to my avatar.. Off my nutZ plz

OP.. I apologize in advance for these douche bags convincing you to make the wrong decision... I really don't think wood grain dash would look good at all. You'll find out soon enough if you try it.

Menace Kustoms

I was actually considering it too. The rest of my car doesn't match that kind of theme though, so I have something else I'm working on right now. If it doesn't turn out like I hope it will, woodgrain may be the backup plan.

averagewhiteboy

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If I could find a reasonably priced set of dash trim I'd pick it up just to try it for the hell of it.. But I'm not paying 200 to get it new from GM.. haha